Nigeria, Aug. 7 -- The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) said a fire incident occurred at the Egbin Power Plc at about 6:30 a.m. on Tuesday, affecting TCN's 150MVA power transformer at its Egbin transmission substation.

The TCN General Manager, Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah, in a statement on Wednesday evening said the fire, which originated from one of the power station's service transformers owned by Egbin Power Plc, is directly connected to the 33KV side of one of TCN's power transformer, a 150MVA 330/132/33kV Inter-Bus Transformer II.

"The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) wishes to inform the public that a fire incident occurred at the Egbin Power Plc at about 6:30 am on August 5, 2025, affecting TCN's 150MVA power transformer...